摘要

Building upon an idea first hinted at by Elizabeth Eisenstein over twenty years ago, this article argues that Jean-Paul Marat's English experience of a 'new politics' based on printed media may provide a valuable key to understanding the evolution of his journalistic strategy during the Revolution. Drawing original parallels with Junius, the audacious polemicist, and John Wilkes, the authority -baiting politician-journalist, who were both active during Marat's residency in England, it will show how he channelled their critical legacies into his own singular persona as public writer and 'People's friend'. It also argues that Marat's self identification with his L'Aini du peuple newspaper finds a strong parallel in Wilkes' own tactical self -identification with 'English liberty' and 'the middling sorts'. The examination of these influences provides an opportunity to open up an aspect of Marat's revolutionary formation that has hitherto been barely explored and provide much -needed context for the evolution of Iris journalistic practice.

  • 出版日期2016-6

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